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				<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><p>The <b>Sound Blaster AWE32</b> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_standard_architecture" title="Industry standard architecture" class="mw-redirect">ISA</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card" title="Sound card">sound card</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Technology" title="Creative Technology">Creative Technology</a>. It is an expansion board for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">PCs</a> and is part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster" title="Sound Blaster">Sound Blaster</a>
 family of products. The Sound Blaster AWE32, introduced in March 1994, 
was a near full-length ISA sound card, measuring 14 inches (356&nbsp;mm)
 in length, due to the number of features included.</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Sound_Blaster_AWE32"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Sound Blaster AWE32</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#MIDI_capability"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">MIDI capability</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Sound_Blaster_AWE32_Value"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Sound Blaster AWE32 Value</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#CD-ROM_Interfaces"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">CD-ROM Interfaces</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Sound_Blaster_AWE32_Model_Numbers"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Sound Blaster AWE32 Model Numbers</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Sound_Blaster_32"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Sound Blaster 32</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Sound_Blaster_32_Model_Numbers"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sound Blaster 32 Model Numbers</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Sound_Blaster_AWE32">Sound Blaster AWE32</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound_Blaster_AWE32&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Sound Blaster AWE32">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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Sound Blaster AWE32 (CT3990)</div>
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<p>The Sound Blaster AWE32 included two distinct audio sections; one 
being the Creative digital audio section with their audio codec and 
optional CSP/ASP chip socket, and the second being the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu" title="E-mu" class="mw-redirect">E-mu</a> MIDI synthesizer section. The synthesizer section consisted of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EMU8000&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="EMU8000 (page does not exist)">EMU8000</a> synthesizer and effects processor chip, 1 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiB" title="MiB" class="mw-redirect">MiB</a> EMU8011 sample ROM, and a variable amount of RAM (none on the SB32, 512 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiB" title="KiB" class="mw-redirect">KiB</a> on the AWE32; RAM was expandable to 28 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiB" title="MiB" class="mw-redirect">MiB</a> on both cards). These chips comprised a powerful and flexible <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample-based_synthesis" title="Sample-based synthesis">sample-based synthesis</a> system, based on E-mu's high-end sampler systems such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu_Emulator_III" title="E-mu Emulator III" class="mw-redirect">E-mu Emulator III</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu_Proteus" title="E-mu Proteus">E-mu Proteus</a>. The effects processor generated various effects (i.e. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation" title="Reverberation">reverb</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorus_effect" title="Chorus effect">chorus</a>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_acoustics" title="Room acoustics">environments</a> on MIDI output, similar to the later <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_audio_extensions" title="Environmental audio extensions" class="mw-redirect">EAX</a></i> standard on Live! and newer cards. It can also add effects to the output from the Yamaha <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPL-3" title="OPL-3" class="mw-redirect">OPL-3</a>'s FM synthesis. The AWE32 was the first sampler to support E-Mu's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont" title="SoundFont">SoundFont</a>
 standard, which allowed users to build custom sound sets using their 
own samples, the samples included in ROM, or both. The card included 
software for building custom SoundFonts. All of Creative's subsequent 
cards, other than the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_AudioPCI" title="Ensoniq AudioPCI">Sound Blaster PCI64/128</a></i> series, support SoundFonts.</p>
<p>On the initial release, Creative promoted the EMU8000 as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_waveguide_synthesis" title="Digital waveguide synthesis">waveguide</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_modelling_synthesis" title="Physical modelling synthesis">physical modelling synthesis</a> engine, due to its ability to work with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_delay_line" title="Analog delay line">delay lines</a>. The option was used mostly as an effect engine for chorus and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanging" title="Flanging">flanging</a> effects. Actual physical modeling instruments were not popular on the AWE, although some support exists in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont" title="SoundFont">SoundFont</a> format.</p>
<p>The AWE32 didn't use its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPU-401" title="MPU-401">MPU-401</a>
 port to access the EMU8000—Creative decided to expose the EMU8000's 
registers directly, through three sets of non-standard ports, and 
interpret MIDI commands in software on the host CPU. As with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravis_Ultrasound" title="Gravis Ultrasound">Gravis Ultrasound</a>, software designers had to write special AWE32 support into their programs. To support older software, the AWE32 featured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPL-3" title="OPL-3" class="mw-redirect">OPL-3</a> FM synthesis, and came with the AWEUTIL program which attempted to provide GM/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT-32" title="MT-32" class="mw-redirect">MT-32</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_GS" title="Roland GS">GS</a>
 redirection to the native AWE hardware; however, AWEUTIL wasn't 
compatible with all programs or motherboards due to its use of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-maskable_interrupt" title="Non-maskable interrupt">non-maskable interrupt</a> (a featured that was omitted or disabled on many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">clone</a> boards), and it used a lot of precious DOS <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_memory" title="Conventional memory">conventional memory</a>. Also, if a game used DOS 32-bit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_mode" title="Protected mode">protected mode</a> through a non-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_Protected_Mode_Interface" title="DOS Protected Mode Interface">DPMI</a> compliant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_extender" title="DOS extender">DOS extender</a>,
 then the MPU-401 emulation would not function and the EMU8000 would not
 be used unless directly supported by the software. This did not affect 
the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Wave_Blaster" title="Creative Wave Blaster">Creative Wave Blaster</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughterboard" title="Daughterboard">daughterboard</a> header. AWE32's usage in Windows was simplified by the fact that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x" title="Windows 3.1x">Windows 3.1x</a> had drivers which made the OPL3 and the EMU8000 appear like any another MIDI peripheral, on their own MIDI interfaces.</p>
<p>The Creative digital audio section was basically an entire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_16" title="Sound Blaster 16">Sound Blaster 16</a>,
 and as such, was compatible with Creative's earlier Sound Blaster 2.0 
(minus the C/MS audio chips.) Its specifications included 16-bit 44.1 
kHz <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_to_digital_converter" title="Analog to digital converter" class="mw-redirect">AD</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_to_analog_converter" title="Digital to analog converter" class="mw-redirect">DA</a> conversion with real-time on-board compression / decompression and the Yamaha <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPL3" title="OPL3" class="mw-redirect">OPL3</a>
 FM synthesizer chip. However, compatibility was not always perfect and 
there were situations where various bugs could arise in games. Many of 
the Sound Blaster AWE32 cards had codecs which supported bass, treble, 
and gain adjustments through Creative's included mixer software. There 
were many variants and revisions of the AWE32, however, and not all of 
them use the same digital audio chipset and features do vary. For 
example, the Sound Blaster AWE32 boards that utilize the VIBRA chip do 
not have bass and treble adjustments, but usually noticeably better 
signal-to-noise ratio.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sound_Blaster_AWE32_Value">Sound Blaster AWE32 Value</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound_Blaster_AWE32&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Sound Blaster AWE32 Value">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The <b>Sound Blaster AWE32 Value</b> was another value-oriented offering. It lacked SIMM slots but featured 512kB onboard RAM and an ASP chip socket.</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CD-ROM_Interfaces">CD-ROM Interfaces</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound_Blaster_AWE32&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: CD-ROM Interfaces">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Also on <i>AWE32</i> was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic" title="Panasonic">Panasonic</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumi" title="Mitsumi">Mitsumi</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">CD-ROM</a> interface (to support proprietary non-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATAPI" title="ATAPI" class="mw-redirect">ATAPI</a> CD-ROM drives), the Wave Blaster header and two 30-pin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMM" title="SIMM">SIMM</a>
 slots to increase sample memory. Later Sound Blaster AWE32 revisions 
replaced the proprietary CD-ROM interfaces with the ATAPI interface. The
 Sound Blaster AWE32 supported up to 28 MB of additional SIMM memory. A 
maximum of 32 MB could be added to the Sound Blaster AWE32 but the 
synthesizer could not address all of it (4MB of the EMU8000's address 
space was reserved for sample ROM).</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sound_Blaster_AWE32_Model_Numbers">Sound Blaster AWE32 Model Numbers</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sound_Blaster_AWE32&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Sound Blaster AWE32 Model Numbers">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The following model numbers were assigned to the Sound Blaster AWE32:</p>
<ul>
<li>CT27**: CT2760, CT2760 Rev3(issues with wavetable db reported)</li>
<li>CT36**: CT3601, CT3602, CT3603, CT3607, CT3631, CT3630, CT3631, 
CT3632, CT3636, CT3360, CT3660, CT3661, CT3662, CT3665, CT3666, CT3680</li>
<li>CT37**: CT3780</li>
<li>CT39**: CT3900, CT3910, CT3919, CT3940, CT3960, CT3980, CT3990, CT3991, CT3999</li>
<li>CT43**: CT4331, CT4332</li>
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Sound Blaster 32 (CT3930)</div>
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Sound Blaster 32 (CT3620)</div>
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<p>The <b>Sound Blaster 32</b> (SB32) was a value-oriented offering from
 Creative, announced on June 6, 1995, designed to fit below the AWE32 
Value in the lineup. The SB32 lacked onboard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM" title="RAM" class="mw-redirect">RAM</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Wave_Blaster" title="Creative Wave Blaster">Wave Blaster</a>
 header, and the CSP socket. The boards also used the Vibra digital 
audio chip which lacked adjustments for bass, treble, and gain. The SB32
 had the same <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> capabilities as the AWE32, and had the same <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMM" title="SIMM">30-pin SIMM</a>
 RAM expansion capability. The board was also fully compatible with the 
AWE32 option in software and used the same Windows drivers. Once the 
SB32 was outfitted with 30-pin SIMMs, its sampler section performed 
identically to the AWE32's. Some Sound Blaster 32 PnP with onboard 512kB
 RAM was sold as AWE32 OEM in Dell computers.</p>
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<p>The following model numbers were assigned to the Sound Blaster 32:</p>
<ul>
<li>CT36**: CT3600, CT3604, CT3605, CT3620, CT3630, CT3640, CT3670, CT3671, CT3672</li>
<li>CT39**: CT3930, CT3991, CT3999</li>
<li>CT43**: CT4330, CT4335, CT4335</li>
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